Kickboxing: Youngsters are ready for their big Italian job

FOUR schoolboys from the Storm Academy, class Cardiff, will be leaving for Italy this week along with other Storm team members from across South Wales, to represent Wales at the WTKA World Championships.

FOUR schoolboys from the Storm Academy, class Cardiff, will be leaving for Italy this week along with other Storm team members from across South Wales, to represent Wales at the WTKA World Championships.

The boys, Iestyn Bennett aged 7 and the youngest member of the team, will be taking part in the event for the first time.

He is hoping to follow in the footsteps of his Cardiff squad members (pictured) in achieving world champion status. Scott Lewis 11, Adam Lewis 14, and Robbie Milller 17, all from of St Cyres School in Penarth, and gold medal achievers from last year’s championships are set to defend their titles, in semi-contact, light contact and Team Event kickboxing.

Cardiff Storm instructor Roger Lewis, and also world champion from last year’s event, said: “I am really proud of the achievements my students have made this year on the competition circuit.

“ It has put them in good stead for this year’s event.

“I’m exceptionally proud of Iestyn, he was my first student, joining up as a Lil Dragon in 2009.

“He’s come such a long way in such a short time. If he continues to put in the effort and dedication he’s shown since he began, then his kickboxing career will be exceptional.”

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